Wahoo!!!

My summer has "officially" started... as of 1:45 pm today. I am done with the Writing Institute. Last week, I was so excited about the classes and the ideas... about 1/3 of the way into this week, my brain got full. Yup, my brain is full. I do not want any more information on writer's workshops or reader's workshops until I get the chance to implement some of the things that I have learned. My brain... is full....

By the end of this week, I was a very bad student. I have not paid much attention to any speaker. I have read magazines and other books, while these author's have been speaking. Now, I did hear some wonderful storytellers this past week. If you have a chance to read anything or hear Carmen Deedy... YOU MUST! She is fabulous! (and a Georgian, though not by birth... Cuban by birth).

Enough about writing. You might ask, well what now? Well, I am going to eat a very small lunch and then... I am going to bathe my precious dogs. Chance is the sweetest when you bathe him. He just stands there... Sammy, on the other hand, is a nightmare. Sammy is part pug. If you know anything about pugs, you know that they do NOT like the water. Sammy does NOT like the water. Therefore, he does NOT like to be in the bath. Above is a picture of Sammy. HE's an ornery (Sp?) old dog. But definitely a cool dog... and he LOVES Chris!!!